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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>JEREMIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 12
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Jeremiah complains of the prosperity of the wicked—If other nations learn the ways of Israel, they shall be numbered with them.
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<span class='smallcaps'>Righteous</span> <i>art</i> thou, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of <i>thy</i> judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/12/1a" mark="a" type="C" title="Mosiah 16: 2; D&C 1: 9; TG Wickedness.">wicked</a> prosper?  <i>wherefore</i> are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
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<sup>a</sup><a href="jer/12/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 15: 8.">Thou</a> hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou <i>art</i> near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
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But thou, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/12/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Omniscience of.">knowest</a> me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
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How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein?  the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
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&#182; If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses?  and <i>if</i> in the land of peace, <i>wherein</i> thou trustedst, <i>they wearied thee,</i> then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
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For even thy <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/12/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Prophets, Rejection of.">brethren</a>, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.
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&#182; I have <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/12/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 69: 25; Jer. 22: 5; Matt. 23: 38; Luke 13: 35.">forsaken</a> mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
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Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
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Mine heritage <i>is</i> unto me <i>as</i> a speckled bird, the birds round about <i>are</i> against her; come ye, assemble all the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/12/9a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE Babylon et al.">beasts</a> of the field, come to devour.
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Many <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/12/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG False Prophets.">pastors</a> have destroyed my <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/12/10b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jacob 6: 2.">vineyard</a>, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
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They have made it desolate, <i>and being</i> desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/12/11a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE pays attention.">layeth</a> <i>it</i> to heart.
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The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> shall devour from the <i>one</i> end of the land even to the <i>other</i> end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
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They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/12/13a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR taken pains.">put</a> themselves to pain, <i>but</i> shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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&#182; Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
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And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/12/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 30: 3.">compassion</a> on them, and will <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/12/15b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Israel, Gathering of.">bring</a> them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
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And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.
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But if they will not <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/12/17a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Disobedience.">obey</a>, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/12/17b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 60: 12.">nation</a>, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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